Do who believe that Ajit Singh Sandhu is alive consider this K.P.S. Gill's letter to Prime Minister I.K. Gujral as a part of inhuman National Policy and Strategy being confessed openly or bogus? OR Whether the publicity of the story that Ajit Singh Sandhu being alive like other “cats” is to terrorize Sikhs forever? Who are parties to this inhuman ‘National Policy and Strategy’ within and outside? Who will a ...

 Asif Haroon Raja Anti-Kalabagh dam (KBD) lobby in Pakistan has successfully scuttled plans to construct KBD which is technically most feasible, economically viable and beneficial for all the four provinces. ANP in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) has doggedly opposed construction of this dam since in its view KBD will sink Nowshera in KPK. Sindh nationalist parties maintain that it would turn Sindh into an arid ar ...

By Zaheerul Hassan According to South Asia Terrorism Portal, from January IST 2013 to April 21, 1536 individuals have been killed and 1263 sustained injuries as result of terrorism in Pakistan. However, in last eight days, 55 individuals killed and over 120 injured. Elections are being held just after few days on 11 May 2013.  But the visible elections campaign can only be seen in Punjab, whereas dreadfulne ...

By Asif Haroon Raja The year 2007 marked the beginning of end of Gen Musharraf’s rule which he commenced in October 1999 after deposing an elected government of Nawaz Sharif through a coup launched by his team of Generals while he was on his way back from Colombo. Lt Gen Aziz (CGS), Lt Gen Mahmood (Commander 10 Corps Rawalpindi), Lt Gen Usmani (Commander 2 Corps Karachi) and 111 Brigade Commander Brig Salah ...

By: Dr. Zafar A. Bokhari  I am a Pakistani American, who does not have any affiliation with any political party in Pakistan. My love for Pakistan in unwavering, who gave me a lot that now I teach at Chicago State University as business professor, serve as Commissioner at ARDC of The Illinois Supreme Court, had lectured in China and many places in the world, and has been Business Delegate for US Department o ...

By Asif Haroon Raja India’s unabated belligerence forced both civil and military regimes to remain India focused and to turn Pakistan into a security state. It in turn retarded economic and democratic growth. National security and unresolved Kashmir dispute being of prime concern enabled the military to maintain a domineering position even when it was not in power. The civil government was restrained from c ...

Asif Haroon Raja Faced with tense geo-political environment on its birth because of hostile posture of India, Pakistan leadership had to perforce give preference to Pakistan’s security over socio-economic development. The 1948 and 1965 wars with India over Kashmir and 1971 war together with two conflicts in Rann of Katch and Kargil and several military standoffs gave severe blows to Pakistan’s developing ec ...

Asif Haroon Raja Mehrangate scandal which was lingering since 1996 suddenly got reinvigorated in 2012 because of the decision of pro-active Supreme Court (SC) on October 22, 2012. It was indeed distressing to learn that even GHQ and ISI had remained involved in gerrymandering elections to make the political party of choice win the contest. Mehrangate scam in which Rupees 30 million were distributed among ce ...